. Criminal man, according to the classification of Cesare Lombroso. Terra-cotta BuwlsDesigned by a Criminal(see page 135) ORIGIN AND CAUSES OF CRIME 135 love of orgies, a peculiar slang resembling in certainfeatures the languages of primitive peoples, and theuse of hieroglyphics and pictography. The artistic manifestations of the criminal showthe same characteristics. In spite of the thousandsof years which separate him from prehistoric sav-ages, his art is a faithful reproduction of the first,crude artistic attempts of primitive races. Themuseum of criminal anthropology created by myfather co
. Criminal man, according to the classification of Cesare Lombroso. Terra-cotta BuwlsDesigned by a Criminal(see page 135) ORIGIN AND CAUSES OF CRIME 135 love of orgies, a peculiar slang resembling in certainfeatures the languages of primitive peoples, and theuse of hieroglyphics and pictography. The artistic manifestations of the criminal showthe same characteristics. In spite of the thousandsof years which separate him from prehistoric sav-ages, his art is a faithful reproduction of the first,crude artistic attempts of primitive races. Themuseum of criminal anthropology created by myfather contains numerous specimens of criminal art,stones shaped to resemble human figtires, like thosefound in Australia, rude pottery covered with designsthat recall Egyptian decorations (Fig. 22) or scenesfashioned in terra-cotta (Fig. 22^) that resemble thegrotesque creations of children or savages. The criminal is an atavistic being, a relic of avanished race. This is by no means an uncommonoccurrence in nature. Atavism, the reversion to aformer state, is the first f
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